After a very rainy day at the market I just threw a wad of wet tablecloths and basket liner cloths into the washing machine. The canopy is dirty and wet, the cooler is full of unsold produce, and baskets are hanging and dripping in the shed. Today was definitely one of the top ten rainiest day I have experienced at the market in 19 years. Yet, it was not at all a bad market day, I had decent sales, but most important I had the people in the community drop by the stand and spend a few minutes with us in the pouring rain. I feel so grateful and lucky to have found a place in this little corner of Ohio, where people care, where shoppers become friends and other farmers are colleagues and support each other. I am excited to begin new projects and I am a little sad that it will come at the expense of a shortened farming season.

Thanks to all my vendor friends who make me laugh and bail me out when I run out of change or bags or battery on my car.. Thank you Kristina for working the market booth with me, I could not have done it without your help. Thank you Paul for helping me load up at the end of the market. Thank you again, Shaker Square folks, for a fantastic short season. I will miss you! See you next spring.

That's a wonderful story, it helps me to think about the childhood and of those great days that never demands the control over the situation, as it helps to receive great remindings of the place where you live.